Cryptocurrency expert gets five years in North Korea sanctions case

A well-known hacker, Griffith also developed 'cryptocurrency infrastructure and equipment inside North Korea,' prosecutors wrote in court papers. — AP

NEW YORK: A cryptocurrency expert was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in federal prison for helping North Korea evade U.S. sanctions.

Virgil Griffith, 39, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy, admitting he presented at a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang in 2019 even after the US government denied his request to travel there.